A Freakonomics guest poster draws a fantastic comparison.
I think water policy is the most underrated sociopolitical issue, and it's not even clear to me what the second-most would be. Unfortunately, the few people who tend to agree with me about prioritizing it are also often people whose solutions would be uniquely counterproductive.
The 21st century version of Norman Borlaug will be someone who comes up with some brilliant piece of hydro-technology.
Posted by Matt Bruce at September 11, 2008 06:06 PM